Life

He was the first Englishman who held the see of Meath, to which he was consecrated in 1194.

He was one of the judges appointed by Pope Innocent III

Pope Innocent III

Pope Innocent III was Pope from 8 January 1198 until his death. His birth name was Lotario dei Conti di Segni, sometimes anglicised to Lothar of Segni....

 in the suit for possession of the body of Hugh de Lacy, 5th Baron Lacy and first lord of Meath, between the monks of Bective in Meath and the canons of St. Thomas's, Dublin. He gave sentence in favour of the latter in 1205. He founded a house of regular canons at Newtown, near Trim

Trim, County Meath

Trim is the traditional county town of County Meath in Ireland, although the county town is now Navan. The town was recorded in the 2006 census to have a population of 6,870....

 in 1206, and ultimately erected the church into the cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, abandoning the old cathedral of Clonard

Clonard Abbey

Clonard Abbey was an early medieval monastery situated on the River Boyne, just beside the traditional boundary line of the northern and southern halves of Ireland in modern County Meath...

. At Newtown he held a synod in 1216, of which an account is extant. He alloted vicar's portions to the churches in his diocese.

He died in 1224 and was buried in the church at Newtown.